Beckham: Both Feet on the Ground: An Autobiography

The legend of David Beckham -- soccer god, global sex symbol, style icon -- as only he can tell it. The international soccer star speaks candidly about the pressures of celebrity, goes behind the scenes of his most memorable career moments -- and sets the record straight.

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Title of ebook: Beckham: Both Feet on the Ground: An Autobiography
ISBN: 9780060727352
parent-ISBN: 9780060570934
Publisher: HarperCollins e-books
Published: 10-2003
Released online for download: 10-14-2003
Author of eBook: Beckham, David
Author of eBook: Watt, Tom

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Beckham

Both Feet on the Ground: An Autobiography

Excerpt

Chapter One

Murdering the Flowerbeds

'Mrs Beckham? Can David come and have a
game in the park?'

I'm sure Mum could dig it out of the pile: that first video of me in action. There I am, David Robert Joseph Beckham, aged three, wearing the new Manchester United uniform Dad had bought me for Christmas, playing soccer in the front room of our house in Chingford. Twenty-five years on, and Victoria could have filmed me having a kickabout this morning with Brooklyn before I left for training. For all that so much has happened during my life - and the shirt I'm wearing now is a different color - some things haven't really changed at all.

As a father watching my own sons growing up, I get an idea of what I must have been like as a boy; and reminders, as well, of what Dad was like with me. As soon as I could walk, he made sure I had a ball to kick. Maybe I didn't even wait for a ball. I remember when Brooklyn had only just got the hang of standing up. We were messing around toget ... read full excerpt from: Beckham: Both Feet on the Ground: An Autobiography ebook

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